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Kavataka 29 Kasira
-pittha the panels and posts of a door ; the door and
the door-posts Via 1.47, 48=11.208, 218; -baddha
" door-bound," closed, secure Vin iv.292 (see also
above).
KaTataka = kavata Vin 11. 148; DA 1.62 (nivarana°).
Kavi [Vedic kavi] a poet S 1.38; 11.267; Davs i.io ; four
classes enum"' at A 11.230 & DA 1.95, viz. i. cinta" an
original p. 2. suta°onewho puts into verse what he has
heard.
vjsor.
3. attba° a didactic p. 4. patibbaQa° an impro-
-kata composed by poets S 11.267 • A i-?^-
Kavya [cp. Vedic kavya wise; sacrificer] poetry; ballad,
ode (cp. kabba) J vi.213, 216.
-kira a poet J vi.216.
Kaviltba [cp. kapittha] the elephant-apple tree, Feronia
elephantum J v.38 (°vana).
Kaiaka see kassaka.
Kasa^a (metathesis of sakata, cp. Trenckner, Miln p. 423)
I. (adj.) bad, nasty; bitter, acrid; insipid, disgusting
A 1.72; J 11.96; 159. — 2. (m.) (a) fault, vice, defect
M 1. 281 ; Ps 11.87. — (t>) leavings, dregs VvA 288 (v. 1.
sakata). — (c) something bitter or nasty J 11.96 ; v. 18.
— (d) bitter juice J 11. 105 (nimba°). — sa° faulty,
wrong, bitter to eat, unpalatable Miln 119.
-6daka insipid, tasteless water J 11.97.
Kasati [kfs or kan] to till, to plough S 1.172, i73 = Sn 80 ;
Th 1.531 ; J 1.57; 11.165; VI. 365. — kassate (3rd sing,
med.) Th i. 530. — pp. kattha (q. v.) Caus. II. kata-
peti Miln 66, 82 ; DhA
1.224.
Kasana (nt.) ploughing, tilling J IV. 167; vi.328, 364;
Vism 384 (-l-vapana sowing).
Katambn [Derivation uncertain] anything worthless,
rubbish, filth, impurity; fig. low passions S 1.166;
Sn 28i = Miln 4i4 = A iv.i72; Vism 258 (mar|sa°), 259
(parama°).
-jata one whose nature is impurity, in comb, brahmacaripatinflo
antoputi avassuto k° S iv.r8i ; A
11.240; IV. 128, 201 ; Vin 11.236; Pug 27, 34, 36; Vism
57 (-i-avassuta papa). °ka-jata ibid, in vv. U.
(f.) [Vedic ka£J] a whip Vin 1.99 (in Udd&na);
M 1.87, etc.; Dh 143; Miln 197. kasahi ta}eti to whip,
lash, flog as punishment for malefactors here, as well
as in Niraya (see kamma-karatia) M i.87=A 1.47 =
II. 1 22, etc. ; PvA 4 (of a thief scourged on his way to the
place of execution); DhA 11.39 (id.).
•nivit^ba touched by the whip, whipped Dh 144
(=DhA III. 86); -pahara a stroke with the whip, a lash
J III. 1 78; -bata struck with the whip,
'•75; 91 = 322; Sdhp 147.
scourged Vin
Klftja and KasSva [Derivation uncertain. The word
first appears in the late Vedic form kasaya, a decoction,
distillation, essence ; used fig* of evil. The old Pali
form is kasava] 1. a kind of paste or gum used in
colouring walls Vin 11.151. — 2. an astringent decoction
extracted from plants Vin 1.207; 277; J v. 198. — 3. (of
taste), astringent DhS 629; Miln 65; DhA 11.31.
4. (of colour) reddish-yellow, orange coloured Vin 1.277.
— 5. (ethical) the fundamental faults (raga, dosa,
moha) A 1.112; Dh 10; Vbh 368. -a" faultless, flawless,
in akasavattai) being without defect A i.i 12 (of a wheel,
with -sa° ibid.); -sa° faulty DhA 1.82; -nvaha° wicked
J IV. 387. In cpds. both forms, viz. (kasaya)-yoga an
astringent remedy J v. 198 (kasava° ibid.); -rasa reddishyellow
dye J 11.198; (kasava)-6daka an astringent
decoction Vin 1.205; -gandha having a pungent smell
Vin 1.277; -rasa having an astringent taste ibid.;
•Tanna of reddish-yellow colour ibid.
Kasayatta (nt.) [abstr. fr. kasSya] astringency Miln 56.
Kaai and KasI (f) [fr. kasSti] tilling, ploughing; agriculture,
cultivation M 11.158; S 1.172, i73 = Sn 76 sq.;
Vin IV.6; Pv i.5« (k°, gorakkha, vaijijja) ; PvA 7;
Sdhp 390 (k", vanijja) ; VvA 63. — °g kasati to plough,
to till the land J 1.277 ; Vism 284.
-kamma the act or occupation of ploughing, agriculture
J 11.165, 300 ; III. 270. -karana ploughing, tilUng of
the field PvA 66 ; -khetta a place for cultivation, a field
PvA 8 (kasi°) ; -gorakkha agriculture and cattle breeding
D 1.135; -bhanda ploughing implements DhA 1.307.
Kaai^a' [Vedic kftsna] (adj.) entire, whole J iv.iii.
Kasiva' [Deriv. uncertain] (nt.) one of the aids to kammafthana
the practice by means of which mystic
meditation (bhavana, jhana) may be attained. They
are fully described at A v. 46 sq., 60 ; usually enumerated
as Un [savaka dasa k° -SyatanSni bhaventi]:
pathavi", apo°, tejo°. vayo°, nila", pita", lohita",
odata°, Skisa", viflflaija"—that is, earth, water, fire,
air ; blue, yellow, red, white ; space, intellection (or
perhaps consciousness) M 11. 14 ; D in. 268, 290 ; Nett 89,
112; Dhs 202 ; Ps 1.6, 95 ; cp. Manual 49-52 ; Bdbd 4,
90 sq., 95 sq. — For the last two (4kasa° and viiiisana")
we find in later sources aloka° and (paricchinn') akasa°
Vism 1 10 ; cp. Dhs trsl. 43 n. 4, 57 n. 2 ; Cpd. 54, 202.
— Eight (the above omitting the last two) are given
at Ps 1.49, 143. 149. — See further J 1.313; 111.519;
DhsA 186 sq. There are 14 manners of practising the
kasinas (of which the first nine are : k°-dnuIomai)
k°-patilomag ; k°-anupatilomai) ; jhan&nulomai) ; jh"pati°;
jb°-anupati° ; jh°-ukkantikai) ; k° ukk" ; jh°k°-ukk°)
Vism 374; cp. Bdhd 5, 101 sq., 104, 152.
Nine qualities or properties of (pafhavi-) kasina are
enum"" at Vism 117. — Each k. is fivefold, according
touddhar), adho, tiriyag,advayai),appamauar) ;
M 11.15,
etc. — kasina^ oloketi to fix one's gaze on the particular
kasina chosen J v.314 ; °ij samannaharati to concentrate
one's mind on the k. J in. 519.
-ayatana the base or object of a kasina exercise (see
above as 10 such objects) D in. 268 ; M 11.14 ; Ps 1.28,
etc. ; -aramma9a = °ayatana Vism 427 (three, viz. tejo°,
odata", aloka°). -kanuna the k. practice J 1.141 ;
rv.306; v.162, 193. -jhana the k. meditation DhsA 413.
•dosa fault of the k. object Vism 117. 123 (the 4 faults
of pathavi- kasina being confusion of the 4 colours),
-parikamma the preliminary, preparatory rites to the
exercise of a kasina meditation, such as preparing the
frame, repeating the necessary formulas, etc. J 1.8,
245 ; 111.13 526 ; DhsA 187 -°g ; katheti to give instructions
in these preparations J 111.369 ; °g karoti to perform
the k-preparations J iv.117; v. 132, 427; vi.68 ;
-mandala a board or stone or piece of ground divided
by depressions to be used as a mechanical aid to jhana
exercise. In each division of the manijala a sample of
a kasina was put. Several of these stone maiiidalas
have been found in the ruins at Anuradbapura. Cp.
Cpd. 54 f. 202 f. J III. 501 ; DhA iv.208. -samipalti
attainment in respect of the k. exercise Nd* 466* (ten
such).
Kacita (pp. of kasati) ploughed, tilled Anvs 44
filled ibid. 27, 44. — Cp. vi".
; -a° un-
Kasira (adj.) [Probably fr. Vedic krccbra, the deriv. of
which is uncertain] miserable, painful, troubled,
11.136; iv.ii3 = vm7;
wretched A iv.283 ; Sn 574; J
Pviv.i" (=PvA 229 dukkha). — adv. kasira (abl.) with
difficulty J v.435 ; -kasirena (instr.) D 1.251 : M 1.104 ;
S 1.94; Vin 1.195; J '-338; III. 513. -a° without pain,
easy, comfortable J vi.224 ( = niddukkba) ;
-labbin
obtaining without difficulty (f° ini A iv.342) in foimula